WSJ/NBC Poll: Obama’s Approval on Foreign Policy Falls

President Barack Obama’s job approval on foreign policy has fallen amid protests at numerous U.S. embassies, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

The survey of 900 registered voters, to be released in full at 6:30 p.m. on WSJ.com, found that 49% approved of Mr. Obama’s job performance on foreign affairs while 46% disapproved. That’s a 5 percentage point drop from the month before, and a 6 point rise in disapproval. The approval number stood at 49%, the first time it fell below 50% since April 2011, just before the president announced the death of Osama bin Laden.

The poll was conducted Sept. 12-16, and protesters first stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and the consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11…